2-0 - Murray wins a high quality game with a hold to 30 - simply stunning defence on the final point before he digs out a cross court winner he had no right to get.

4-6 - GICQUEL BREAKS AND TAKES THE SET - two superb overheads in that game helped him earn a break point and he only needed one as a long rally ends when Murray completely mis-hits one shot. We are going to a third set after the first break of serve in the match.

4-4 - Gicquel calls for the trainer after the very first point of the game - he gets his thigh bandaged but Murray is not happy and at one stage it looked like he was going to walk off the court. We are back underway though.

3-4 - 40-15 down Murray gets a little luck with a net-chord and then Gicquel is just off with a drop volley which falls into the net. That brings us to 40-40 but again Gicquel fires two bombs to hold.

2-3 - Big serving from Gicquel helps him to hold to 30 once again. The Frenchman has been pretty untouchable whenever he has got his first serve in. He has dropped just four points from 35 in such circumstances and one was in that last game.

1-2 - Massive hold by Gicquel who saved four break points in the game after having gone 15-40 down. He produced some really big serves when the pressure was on - Murray screams with frustration as the game finishes.

0-1 - Gicquel doesn't let disappointing of losing the breaker affect him one bit as he holds to love to open the second set.

TB5-1 - Murray in complete control of the this breaker as he goes 5-1 up at the changeover.

6-5 - Pretty tedious stuff this - Gicquel goes wide with a shot down the line which sees Murray again hold to love - this has all the makings of a tie-breaker now although Gicquel could feel the pressure in this next game.

4-5 - Gicquel finally makes some inroads on Murray as he get to deuce but we are still without even so much as a break point at either end as Murray finds the points he needs. Still lacking a spark this match.

4-3 - Murray struggles to get his first serve in but excellent second serves helps him hold to 15 again. He pings a forehand down the line to win the game.

3-2 - Excellent defensive play on a hold to love for Murray not least on the last point when it looked as if Gicquel was in charge. Murray stayed alive though and then won the game with a cross court winner with the Frenchman caught out at the net.

2-1 - Murray finally shows some big shots - a sweet forehand winner makes it 40-15 and then he shifts the ball well around the court next point before finishing things off at the net.

1-0 - Murray fires a poor shot into the net with his first point but then wins four in a row by just keeping the ball in play and forcing Gicquel to make errors. Conservative but effective.

- - This is the first meeting between the two players and a semi-final with Mario Ancic awaits the winner.

- - Both players on court warming up now - Gicquel is a bit of a late bloomer - he is 31 now but enjoyed his best ever world ranking of 37 just last September - he has since slipped to 55 though.